Drone Destination And IFFCO Sign A MOA To Execute India's Largest Drone-Spray Services Project For Upto 30 Lakh Acres

* IFFCO and Drone Destination sign Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) to collaborate for spraying of IFFCO Nano fertilisers, Sagarika and other IFFCO Agri-Products using drones for upto 30 lakh acres of farm land across 12 states in India

Drone Destination India's leading Drone-as-a-Service provider and the largest DGCA certified Drone Pilot Training company announced the signing of an MOA with IFFCO to collaborate for drone spray over an area of upto 30 lakh acres.

As part of the MoA, Drone Destination will undertake drone spray in 12 states across the country. These states include Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Punjab, Rajasthan, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, Uttrakhand. The drones will be spraying IFFCO Nano Urea, Nano DAP, Sagarika, IFFCO MC Agro-Chemicals and other IFFCO & IFFCO JV’s Agri-Products, with the aim of enhancing agricultural productivity and efficiency. Other benefits under the MOA include opportunities for sale of IFFCO agri-inputs/products for drone spray.

Commenting on the business win, Mr Alok Sharma, Chairman, Drone Destination,n said – “We are elated to partner with the world’s top cooperative IFFCO for transforming Indian agriculture. Drones have a wide range of applications and their influence on agriculture, which is basic to human survival is revolutionary. Drones will bring efficiency, scalability, cost competitiveness, and speed to agricultural practices in India, enabling the sector to increase its contribution to GDP. As a leading player, spearheading the adoption of drones across multiple sectors, this is an important milestone for us in the journey towards drone adoption in the country.”

Chirag Sharma, MD & CEO Drone Destination added – “We thank IFFCO for choosing us and showing faith in our capabilities for implementing large-scale drone projects. This mandate will surely cement our position in the industry as the go-to company for executing large-scale drone projects in the country.”

About IFFCO

IFFCO, or the Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited, is a cooperative organization that manufactures and sells fertilizers. Founded in 1967, IFFCO is one of the world's largest cooperatives, with over 50 million Indian farmers and 35,000 member cooperatives. IFFCO's goal is to improve farmers' growth by providing high-quality fertilizers at the right time and quantities to increase crop productivity.

IFFCO has five plants and over 20 state offices across India and has joint ventures globally such as JIFCO (Jordan), KIT (Dubai), OMIFCO (Oman), and ICS (Senegal). IFFCO is India's largest multi-state cooperative society, and is entirely owned by Indian cooperatives. It has a wide variety of business interests, including insurance products, rural telecommunications, and its core fertilizer production and sales sector.

https://www.iffco.in